Shipping the .net / mono runtime adds about the same order of magnitude as PyGTK, QT+Python bindings, or Java JRE for that matter. A drop in the bucket compared to the Sage install that it is supposed to manage. And IHMO the question is not how to save a few megabytes of disk space, but how to design an app that fits into the skillset that Sage developers have. And for that I think PyGTK is the best choice.
On Sunday, March 10, 2013 2:35:28 PM UTC-4, mmarco wrote: > > I am not sure pyGTK (or pyQT, or any other python bindings) is the way > to go. As you said, it would require to install pyGTK, but also GTK > itself and python. I think that is overkill. I think that a windows > native program, or maybe something writen in the .NET framework > (making sure that it also works on mono, if we want to also ship it in > other platforms) would be a much better fit. > > On 8 mar, 22:10, Volker Braun <vbraun.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A GUI would be useful, I think. I'd use PyGTK, which gives a nice > "native" > > look on Windows yet is totally platform agnostic. And, being Python, > fits > > nicely into the skillset that we can expect from a Sage developer. > > > > The only minor drawback is that you need PyGTK libraries, which is > trivial > > on Linux but of course Microsoft doesn't ship with it (really ships with > > nothing of value, but thats another story). In any case it is possible > to > > pack the Windows archive with a copy of the relevant dlls which still > > requires a lot less disk space (<100MB) than any Sage install. > > > > I could mentor a student for a PyGTK project. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, March 8, 2013 12:27:07 AM UTC-10, P Purkayastha wrote: > > > > > On 03/08/2013 05:43 PM, mmarco wrote: > > > > IIRC, the call for projects of Google summer of code was last year > > > > around march or april. Should we start to get prepared for this? > > > > > > As a suggestion for possible projects, i would propose the writing > of > > > > a windows GUI program that handles the virtual machines (set them up > > > > properly, handles upgradings, checks the availability of ports and > > > > decides if the VM should be launched in headless mode...) > > > > > > It sounds like a project that can be done in a summer, and can be > > > > really useful to spread sage among windows users. > > > > > This is too little I think. The following can be added to it > > > > > 1. Fix the Mac application. See > > >http://ask.sagemath.org/question/2322/trouble-logging-into-notebook > > > for what currently happens on a Mac > > > > > 2. Open sage to the worksheet when double clicking on sws files. This > is > > > already mostly done for Mac, and should be done for Linux too :) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
